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First Arts Foundation laureates

First Arts Foundation laureates

The Arts Foundation’s first awards recognised New Zealand arts laureates. Each year an independent panel drawn from the arts community selects the five people who will get the award. Shown here is the first group of laureates (awarded in 2000). From left: Peter Peryer (photographer), Elizabeth Knox (writer), Gillian Whitehead (composer), Briar Grace-Smith (playwright) and Douglas Wright (dancer and choreographer).

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Martin Durrant, 'Arts funding and support - Private support for the arts', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/42998/first-arts-foundation-laureates (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Martin Durrant, published 22 Oct 2014